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Gold is one of the chemical elements and a precious metal. In contrast to a huge number of other metals gold mostly seems good-quality. This is why one must not separate to the production of gold by one reducing from ore solve only by mechanical work from the rock surrounding it.

Directly visible gold, for example, in the form of Nuggets as well as in the form of gold dust is a special rarity. Most gold lies in the smallest little particles.

Gold also appears as golden coins and gold bullion. It is stored by many central banks worldwide as a monetary reserve. Nevertheless, the today's currencies is not covered any more by the earlier usual gold reserves.

Gold is liked, above all, in crisis periods as a value arrangement very much.

His application has gold in the jewellery industry. Here it is processed to struggle, bracelets and chains as well as also other jewellery.

Golden foil, also as a gold leaf called, is used since the antiquity. It is often used to lend the appearance of real gold to non-metallic objects, as for example picture frames, books, furnishings, figures, architecture elements, icons and similar.

In the dish area it serves as a food colour E 175. Thus, for example, candy is covered with it or chocolates is decorated with it. Metallic gold is innocuous.

Ornamentally gold finds different applications, thus also, for example, in different galvanic coatings. It is also used with porcelain icings, set of dentures ceramics as well as with glass.

Historically the fire gilding with the help of golden mercury alloys already in the antiquity was the most useful method to generate a long-lasting gilding on silver, bronze as well as on unprecious metals.

The golden pigments were used earlier during the glass production. Today, however, this is done by less expensive procedures. On the other side gold wins in the form of small particles than catalyst increasingly in meaning.